Device for subdividing liquid containers



May 13, 1930. 1. SCHLUMPF DEVICE FOR SUBDIVIDING LIQUID I ZONTAINERS Filed May 31, 1929 Patented May 13, l930 fusana v UNITED s 'rAiras "P A TljE-NT DFFK EQ;

JACQUES soHLuMrn, on nononnnmdnnan oon'nnnzionnlvmiwq I DEVICE ronsnenivrnine nienlnfcontrainnns- I i. a ii Application filed ma 31, 1829,8811211:No. 367.,217lahdiifi awa may 29,; 1928K A In the use of certain-liquid containers, particularly those which are employed'for the reception of dye liquids in yarn dyeing apparatus, the need arises for sub-dividing them into different compartments either for the purpose of rendering only, a part of each container available for. use or for charging the individual compartments thereof with difi'erent liquids. I

In order to provide such dividing partitions it has been proposed to arrange pro jecting guides parallel to one another on the inner walls of the container so that a smooth plane partition wall can be slidden into their edges after the manner of a slide. The pack ing of the wall was attained by providing packing materials in the rim or on the edge of the intermediate wall. These projecting retaining guides for. the partition wall proved however to bet-unsuitable in use, and

. particularly to be a source of more or less trouble when it was desiredto clean the container. Further, the need frequently arose of making the compartments of the container of different sizes. 7 V

In order to remove these disadvantages and to take into account the before mentioned requirements, each partition serving 'wall of the container. I 7

By suitably constructing the devices, em

ployed for transmitting the vertical pressure. on the base of the container to the wall there. of, it is readily possible to mount the parti-;-

tion in any desired position in the container without employing any special attachment devices and to vary the size of the compart ments as required. L

In the accompanying drawings view. 3'

Figurelff H y 1 iA co 1'tai11er 1: su abl 1 th PP E i the packing pressure.- One end offthetube packingtube to alsourceofpressure suchas. "ana rpumpor thelrke. ,By;means .otthese i Figure "1 a vertical. transverse sectional FigureQ is a section-on 0t of theinventionliasthe upwardlyconverging sideQWallsZan'd plane base f3; Theziparti e aw ngi serving for sub'fdividingthe.in terior 1 of the container is" mainly a planeplateelike' member, [the lateral and" lower bounding1edges of which correspond to the transversecontour of the bath'or container 1, and are constructed so asto leave a freeintermediatejgspaee giving s ufilcient freedom I of movement for the intermediate wall. i The late-ral and lower edges ofthewall l 1 are, formed "with the longitudinal grooves 5 which, for example are of semi cir'cular cross section. .Alj tubular packing jmember 6 consisting of" rubber or other deformable material reinforced, for example," T fabric tapes is seated; in; the groove 5,-a11d its diameter is'suchthat it fills out orbridges over the: intermediate space "existing between the I lat-7 erial and bottom edges of "the dividing; wall 7 on the one hand and the inner'surfaces of the side and bottom wall's'ot the container on the, V salesman; 15' i i The two ends of the packing. tube lfar'ei passed through appropriate aperturesin the transverse clips] pivotally secured to the gaglngoverlthefrolled edge 14 of thecontaing er. and fort-aking up the lateral-reaction of or pipe'is tightlyclosed by stopper 8, whilst the other fiml is provided with. an inflation valve '9'.fori.connecting the interior: .of the clips-7 the partition wall i-snheld improper position within the'container .1; against lon gitudinal' movement while inflating the'tube. 'Under the-action of the liquid or gaseous pressure medium introduced at an appropriate pressure into the pipe 6, the latter is forced against the contacting parts of the walls of the container and therim of the partition Wall so asto forma liquid tight'joint.

It Willfthus beseen that, when'the pressure is injected into the tube, such tube will expand between and fill the space in the container, of the partition wall andithe side Walls andjbottom of the tank. The fact that the side walls of the container converge upwardly, and that the space betweenthe ends of e Par ition a d, i es. o the o t n r are filled by the inflated tube, any tendency of the partition to rise will be effectively pre- 10 vented, and such partition firmly heldiri its position so'that a liquid-jtight joint is pro vided, which will prevent any leakage of V 7 liquid from one compartment, into an adjai ,cent compartment Furthermore, the'oper- 5 ator'is assured of the proper positioning of" the,partition,wh ile inflating the'ztube, thus 7 obviating the necessity of holding such para e fiit n by d-Q V .I'claiin i I v i 1. Means for subdividing a liquid container-having, upwardly 'eonvergent side walls, comprising a removahlelpartition wall adapted to be positionedat any pointlongitudi-e V :nally Within the container, an-inflatablepack- V ingel ement between theend and bottom edges ojf-the partition wall and the side and bot: o wa ls'of con aine dm n ca ried by the, partition wall and'releasably ens gaged'iwith 'saideside Walls of the container 1 go for holding said partition wall during the in- V :Qii

fi ii o a d pa king, 2. Means fori'subdividinga liquid contain er having upwardly convergent side walls, comprising a removable partition wall hav- 3? ing end and bottom edges in parallelism with the side and bottom walls ofthecontainer, a hollow deformable paoking element supported iiithe space between said partition edges and the said walls of the container, and 40 means on. said packing element-for conned tion witha source'of pressure for expanding the packing to produce a liquid-tight joint between the partition Wall and container. Means for subdividing a liquidcontaing5; er having upwardly' convergent' side walls,

comprising a removable vertical partition wall having end and bottom edges conforming withsaid side and bottom. walls of the container, and in spaced parallelism therewith, said'rpartitionf wall edges being longitudinally grooved, an inflatable packing elenient seated in said grooved edges of the'partition wall, and pivoted clips carriedby' the1 partition 'walli for engagement "with the mouth of the'container whereby to hold said e partition wall in positionduring' the inflanof saidpa k gi 'lntesti nony whereofI affix my signature.

JACQUE fiG M'PF- 

